IWV Swim finishes 8th at CC Junior Olympics

Twenty swimmers from the IWV Swim Team competed in the Central California Long Course Junior Olympics meet, held July 25-28 at the Central High School Aquatics Complex in Fresno.

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Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

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Posted Aug. 23, 2013 at 1:19 PM

Posted Aug. 23, 2013 at 1:19 PM

Twenty swimmers from the IWV Swim Team competed in the Central California Long Course Junior Olympics meet, held July 25-28 at the Central High School Aquatics Complex in Fresno.

The 11-12 year-old girls relay team of Gracie Williams, Racahel Kowalchick, Mackenzie Small and Cortney Halterman placed second in the 4x200 relay, swimming a 2:06.09. The 10-and-under boys relay team of Bryce Halterman, Thomas Bui, Adrian Riendeau and Douglas Bui placed third in the 4x200 relay, and also swam the 4x200 medley relay. Thirty-one teams competed in the Junior Olympics and the IWV Swim Team placed eighth overall, one point behind the Fresno Dolphins.

Halterman dropped time in five events. She dropped 14.73 seconds in the 200 freestyle, swimming a 2:34.10 (BB). She placed 14th in the 400 freestyle, swimming a best time of 5:24.64 (BB). She placed 12th in both the 100 freestyle, swimming a 1:06.96 (A), and in the 50 freestyle, swimming a 30.66 (A).

Greg Williams placed third in the 1,500 freestyle, swimming a 18:46 (A) and dropping 39.40 seconds. He also placed third in the 200 backstroke, swimming a best time of 2:25.89 (A) and finished fourth in the 100 backstroke with a best time of 1:07.23 (A).

Rebecca Williams finished seventh in the 100 backstroke and fifth in the 800 freestyle. She also placed sixth in the 200 butterfly and eighth in the 100 butterfly.

13-14 year-old age group: Sophie Hoffmann

Hoffmann posted a best time in the 100 freestyle, swimming a 1:04.50 (AA) and placing seventh. She also placed seventh in the 100 butterfly, swimming 1:12.90 (A) and swam a 2:42.86 (AA) in the 200 individual medley to place eighth. She dropped time in 10 races.

Budka placed fourth in the 50 breaststroke by swimming a 37.93 (AAA) and fourth in in the 100 breaststroke by swimming a 1:24.11 (AA).

Halterman made it to the finals in the 50 breaststroke, placing sixth and swimming a 40.83 (A). She dropped 2.75 seconds and finished 12th in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a 1:30.81 (A). She dropped time in the 100 butterfly, placing 13th, and dropped 13.63 seconds in the 200 individual medley by swimming a 2:56.09 (A).

Kowalchick placed 11th in the 100 butterfly by swimming a 1:88.55 (A) and dropping 4.06 seconds. She placed 15th in the 200 individual medley and posted a best time of 2:54.93 (A). Kowalchick finished 16th in the 200 freestyle, and dropped nearly 15 seconds in the event between prelims and finals with a best time of 2:33.12 (A).

Pepper posted a best time of 1:23.22 (BB) in the 100 butterfly and placing 10th. He dropped time in the 50 freestyle by swimming a 34.29 (BB).

Riendeau dropped time in the 200 individual medley by swimming a 3:06.87 (BB). He placed 12th in the 100 butterfly, dropping 6.92 seconds with a time of 1:26.22 (BB).

Small competed in the maximum number of events possible, highlighted by dropping .59 seconds in the 50 freestyle with a time of 33.59 (BB). She also dropped in the 50 butterfly by swimming a 36.37 (BB).

Page 2 of 2 - Williams took sixth in the 50 backstroke with a best time of 36.33 (AA). She placed fifth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:18.50 (AA), eighth in the 50 butterfly with a best time of 33.56 (AA), eighth in the 50 freestyle with a time of 30.76 (AA), and seventh in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:15.84 (AA).

Bui finished third in the 50 breaststroke with a best time of 44.57 (AA) and third in the 200 individual medley with a time of 3:04.02 (AA). He placed fifth in the 100 butterfly and 10th in the 50 butterfly. He finished second in the 100 breaststroke with a best time of 1:35.92 (AA) and dropped nearly eight seconds in 200 freestyle with a time of a 2:50.52 (A).

Riendeau placed ninth in the 100 butterfly by swimming a 1:32.88 (A). He placed 14th in the 50 backstroke with a time of 43.12 (A), 12th in the 200 individual medley with a best time of 3.18.70 (A) and 16th in the 100 breaststroke with at a best time of 1:49.28 (BB).

Hoffmann posted a best time in the 50 backstroke, swimming a 47.10 (BB) while finishing in 25th place. Pepper posted two best times. She swam a 46.20 (BB) in the 50 fly and a 1:58.02 (BB) in the 100 breaststroke.

Andy Bui placed eighth in the 50 backstroke by swimming a best time of 47.10 (BB), and he finished eighth in the 50 breaststroke. He swam a best time in the 100 freestyle and finished 11th.

Douglas Bui came in eighth in both the 50 butterfly and 50 freestyle, with best times in both events. He placed second in the 50 breaststroke, seventh in the 100 freestyle, and sixth in the 50 backstroke.

Cope finished seventh in the 50 butterfly, posting a best time. She dropped time in the 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke and 100 freestyle.

Halterman placed second in the 100 freestyle and took first in the 50 backstroke with a best time of 40.96 (AA). He placed second in the 50 butterfly with best time of 36.86 (AAA) and second in the 50 freestyle with a best time of 35.57 (A). He also competed in the 10-and-under age group, earning five top-8 finishes.

Harvey competed in two events and posted best times in each. She swam a 47.25 in the 50 freestyle and a 1:43.58 in the 100 freestyle, dropping 4.34 seconds.